. >> good evening i'm dan. there are a lot of anxious city workers in oakland tonight. 1500 lay off notices will start going out next week. the layoffs are the result of

sudden loss of money from sacramento. story tonight from laura anthony. >> of devastating for this organization. >>reporter: oakland administrators diana confirmed for abc 7 more than half of her city staff employee will receive lay off notice starting next week. more than 1500 pink slips in all. >> we have a work force that will be reduced at very short period of time without the normal engagement process that the city has put in place if the past. >>reporter: but she says it has to be done after the state supreme court decision supporting the disbanding of rae development agency. in oakland that's aless of 25 to 30 million dollars per year. redevelopment dollars, 159 full-time position but the city will send out many more pink slips to allow the city council maximum flexibility in making reductions by a february 1st deadline. union leaders said huge number of notices is heavy handed and unnecessary. >> i think this is premature.

yes i think it's a lack of information. i think it's lack of planning and i think we can go about this better were you the upsetting the entire work force. >> they make it far more broad than they need to. far more broad than it should be. we are hoping that they retract those letters they are going out and take more thoughtful approach. >>reporter: wendy work in park recreation department for 17 years. do you know yet whether you might get one of these. >> i don't. no i don't know. i'm kind of like, you know, just kind of like not on egg shells but just kind of like wondering what will i do if it happens to me too. >>reporter: redevelopment dollars pay for much more than the 18 itself. 17 oakland police officers are paid for out of that money. officers can't be laid off because of an agreement with the city. the mayor. city administrator. city council members. half of all the salary are paid for out of redevelopment money. it's unclear at this point how those salaries might be affected by

all of this. in oakland, abc 7 news. l good samaritan helps capture 2 suspected bank robbers in san jose. men wanted for hold up at bank of america branch on snel avenue. they were driving on highway 85 and 87 junction when crashed in a minivan. steve brown of eschelon security saw the crash and followed the guy who ran from the scene. he first chased them in the car then on foot and quickly caught up with one of them. >> at that point i showed him hi back yelled to get on the ground he didn't. resisted i got him on the ground and nut an arm bar and called the police told them i had one suspect in custody and another one down at the high school and they responded about 7 to continue minutes later. >>reporter: police searched the nearby neighborhood and arrested the second man on the gun dear son high school campus on lock down for about an hour today. incident closed down highway 85 for 4 and a half hours l while police detonated

as you just saw 2 suspicious devices they believed the rob ertion used during the hold up. sam san francisco new sheriff is being pressured to step aside while police investigate accusations of domestic violence on his wife. coalition of anti-domestic violence leaders held a news conference today and who happened to be there? but the sheriff's wife. more tonight from carolyn tyler. >>reporter: well the pressure is mounting on l ross even member of transition team among those here at city hall today calling for him to resign. step down. while this investigation is under way. and while that news conference was under way, take a look at this unbee known as to anyone but photographer luke of the fog city journal, his wife lopez was there in the group. lchblingt he snapped these pictures of her. she was wearing dark glasses. she did not identify herself. she didn't say anything. mercury's

attorney said she was on her way to visit him at city hall. you have to wonder though what she was thinking as those women were speaking on her behalf. demonstrators say that he should rae sign or step down while he's being investigated. for domestic violence. newly elected sheriff is accused of grabbing his wife's arm and causing a bruise on new year's eve. investigators say they have the video to private. video taken by a neighbor. members of the domestic violence consortium say the the allegations are serious and they are also incensed at the way the sheriff has characterizesed the incident with his wife. he has called it a private family matter. >> we have to send a message to the people residents of the city and county of san francisco that the violence towards women and children its of the up most priority and we can't have elected officials who many are being under investigation for this. >> his comment was that l okay

domestic violence investigation can take place. it should take mraichlts if reported. but that doesn't mean that a couple all of their life has to be aired publicly. doesn't have that skochlt still entitled to some right of privacy. >> now as we have noted district attorney george has said that he hopes to make a decision on whether to file charges in this case by tomorrow. source has told abc 7 naws it is likely misdemeanor domestic violence charges will be filed. in san francisco, at city hall, carolyn tyler abc 7 news. the bankrupt fremont solar manufacturer has asked for permission to hand out half million dollars in bonuses. solyndra closed the doors and laid off 1100 workers after burning through more than 500 million dollars in government guaranteed loans. solyndra lawyers are now asking a judge to approve 500,000 dollars in

bonuses of 10 to 50,000 dollars each to retain the few people it has left as the company goes through the bankruptcy process. some people with disability are suing red box. they say the movie rental service discriminates against the the movie rental service discriminates against the blind. vick lae has the story. many, many movies are dialogue driven. movie visually impaired to enjoy. >> you cap enjoy large aspects of the narrative without needing to be able to see the visual as pest of the movie at 8. friends family can also help. >> if there's kind of a non-verbal part of the movie happening they will describe is what happening to me. >> maybe dvd goes in here. >> it lacks big enough. >> but the kiosk of the video respresentational giant red box are difficult if not impossible to use for those with are blind and visually impaired.

>> they have neither tactile button nor any other screen reed they are would allow blind people to november gate their way through the kiosk. >> lisa martinez and michael nunez are almost totally pwlichbilityd this is a lawyer from disability rights advocates who filed a civil rights lawsuit but for them with the same disability red box touch screen is just another flat surface. >> it's so important for technology aka red box and touch screen technology be accessible to everyone. >> martinez points to bart ticket kiosk as example of of system using more intuitive technology to help blind people navigate. >> pl in braille and raised print so if you didn't know braille but could read raised print it has it here too. >>reporter: the machines have

tactile button and verb able instruction. >> nice thing this button rate here says audio. >>reporter: martinez says the reason for filing suit is rather similar i just want to be treated equal and have all quooits rights like my sighted peer and be able to enjoy movies. >>reporter: our call to red box corporate headquarters in illinois were not returned. now disability rights advocate lawyers say they did reach out to the company executives who told them that they would look into the situation but so far they say no response. this is 7 news. 2 officials in san mateo county under arrest for embezzling 4 50,000 dollars. joanne is the former head of finance for the county mosquito control contradict. prosecutors say she and the top bookkeeper gave themselves extra pay, bogus time off an boosted their pay graichltd turns out she had been arrested

on embezzlement charges before current job. county hired her without a criminal background khechblingt check the county says it is now perform jooing mean time bay area man pleaded guilty today to stealing nearly 1 million dollars worth of rare coins from a colorado museum. 5 years ago l wyatt was hired to oversee the collection in colorado springs. authorities say he stole 300 coins. like this 17 95 half eagle and sold them at auction. that's the wrong piece of video obviously. he faces up to 10 years in prison and 250,000 dollar fine. crack down under way at some of the bay area pro equity texted marine area those with permit aren't allowed to fish. wayne went out with the team looking for violators. >> die hard will argue that even the worst day of fishing beat those spent on shore but those that from loose with the

rule this boat cab make the day go bad fast. lieutenant roberts of the state department of fish and game are under manned out here but have a knack of knowing where to go and when. this whole area is monterra state marine preserve. fish and game have intelligence of illegal commercial crab pots out there. this time of year hundreds if his not thousands of crab buoy bob on the water but the pre-serves off limits. fish and game has the right to pull any pot l. many more than once today fish game found what they were looking for. string of illegal pots from one boat. they came up with identification and laden with crab. >> it is actively fished. we have fresh bait in it. crab tonight. >>reporter: that game warden l threw the crab back after photographing them but that's not all he did today. >> we are going to launch your boat and come board you.

>>reporter: boarding fairly routine in the area. inside the 3 mile limit fish game goes lacking for them. >> all right let me check out the crab. >>reporter: here's where the crew good day of fishing turned bad. measurement showed that 2 of the 20 crab they caught were under sized. >> that one is a short. >>reporter: boat owner larry told us he fished all his life. this is the first time he's ever been cited with the 2 man crew that limits the mystery but they did catch one break today. >> i'll leave you with the 2 under size retaped as evidence. >>reporter: seized and frozen. bad day for the men and worst for the 2 crab. the only good news for the fishing boat crew today. fish and game which does play by the rules found them just 50 feet outside the restricted area. >> legal is legal. just like short short legal legal. >>reporter: speak of legality state fish and game will take the case very seriously. small crab result in a ticket. the

pots may result in a larger action. the district attorney's office will handle it from here. along san francisco bay, abc 7 news. question of privacy. just ahead. livermore company may have your license plate on file and they know where you have driven your car. that story. >> local college gets new coach. he's had an extraordinary athletic career playing with no hand. >> i'm spencer in the accu-weather forecast center. might we finally be close to getting some winter like weather. could be. find out in my accu-weather forecast coming up. >> thanks spencer. >> you won't believe who may now be considering running forth republican presidential nomination. . .

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>> half billion license plates are in one bay area company database and yours might be one of them. license scanning technology at the center of debate over stopping crime and protecting brave situation. it's a delicate balance now the focus of california watch investigation. we are in sacramento with the story. >>reporter: more and more law enforcement agency and even private security firms are mounting high tech camera on top the vehicle scanning license plate for stolen cars. it has become a valuable tool. for this mall interthe state

capitol a stolen car means someone is up to no good in 80 percent of the cases. it's first hit led to the an arrest. >> we tracked him in one of the stores here. when he was arrest they patted him down and inside of the pants he had several pairs of shoes he shoplifted while inside the mall. >>reporter: police officers and deputy have had similar success out on the street. but california watch investigation raises questions over how else the information gathered by the 21st century tall is being used. it found a livermore base company called vigilant video has database campaigning more than half billion license plate scan from across the country california public interest research group works on privacy issues and says the database raises red flag because it show where is people have been and when. even the innocent ones. >> whenever individuals information is stored or compiled in one place l folks should be concerned especially

if they don't know bit. >>reporter: investigation raises questions about police access to the database. they are not supposed to use information from license sca scanning to solve other crimes but if it's now someone else's database it's the perfect loop hole to gain access. vick atlanta video declined our request for interview but the firm president told california watch we shouldn't hinder officers are doing their job l. chp hopes the privacy issue doesn't take away a very valuable and effective tool. >> billions and billions of dollars are lost and cost associated with the vehicle being stolen as far as the insurance. that's affects us. >>reporter: chp and the mall shares license scan only with law enforcement. the company had information on where customers had been once the toll paid but lawmakers made it illegal two years ago to sell the data. this is abc 7 news. >> on to forecast. experience

is here with what the weather is lick for easter sunday. >> feels like easter. >> very good. it does. feels like memorial day weekend actually. we had a couple location that is hit 70 degrees today. which is very unusual january occurrence. many it defies all reason. here's live view from the high definition sutro camera looking out over san francisco on this clear and in someplaces cool night certainly was not a cool cal day. it was cool like man this is cool. but it was pretty mild. let's look at some of our high pressure today. whether he one record 67 degrees richmond tied the record high for this date. also had 70 grease in oakland. 70 degrees at santa cruz. that record but unusually mailed for this time of the year. on we good to our current temperature readings. 57 in san francisco right now. 55 in oak land land. temperatures dropped to the 40's in most inland

locatis and actually 38 right now at fairfield so it's pretty chilly there overnight tonight so cold in the valley again tonight. mild afternoon next couple days and cooler and cloudier next week. that's our pattern. right now locked in this pattern as satellite image shows big massive ridge of high pressure has locked itself in. dry spell will tip for another week. maybe not so mild next week but looks like it will continue to be dry. start our forecast animation 11:00 o'clock tonight and watch overnight hours and through tomorrow and into the next day. well continue to have this pattern of cold nights and mild afternoons and very few cloud anywhere to be found at least for the next couple days. wave spare the air alert in effect today until midnight tonight. things will change tomorrow. air quality getting at bit better but not a lot. will be cold overnight. low drop to 28 in nap a.29 santa rose. 29 also at fairfield. low 30's in many other location so another chill settle ins overnight tonight and for tomorrow morning but by midday it's mild

again in the south bay see high in the upper 60's. 68 at campbell. skype los gatos. upper 60's on the peninsula. 67 at pal a.68 mountain view. low to mid sxis on the coast pacifica half moon bay downtown san francisco high tomorrow up 64 north bay nice and mild 67 novato. 69 at clover dale. scene at oakland. 68 at castro valley. 67 at 43 mont. inland east bay upper 60's to 70 at please anton and numerous 70's plus will be found near monterey bay. 73 watsonville. 72 at salinas. accu-weather 7 day forecast. the mild weather tapers off on sunday as temperatures drop sharply and get few cloud in the sky. remains cool through all fix week with few cloud around but no rainfall in sight. next chance of light rain welcome back next thursday if it

happens at all it's only to the north bay. >> not talking about a lot of rain 30. not much at all. >> thanks very much expense engineer great story coming up. hometown hero returns to coach the college football team he played for more than 30 years ago. it is an inspiring story on many levels. stay with us.s.

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>> bay area native inspiration story coming home. coming home to coach football at menlo college in aftererton with a history. corrina has a story of man with gold and determination to achieve it. >> mark posed for the photo op and talked on point about being menlo college's new head football coach. >> wherever i have been we have won. i think football winning

is important. that's the bottom line and way it should be. >> coaching philosophy and outlook on life are influenced by many things including the fact that he was born without haichbilitydz i got fitted for hook and at age 14 at the high school i said that's it i'm not wearing them again and haven't worn them since. >> returning to the campus homecoming of sorts for coach beck map. he grew up in belmont and played 2 seasons here at menlo college. man who signed him up is a linebacker decades ago was at today's news conference. he shared how speck man over came the odds with both dedication and humor. >> for years he got called once for holding and 15 yard penalty and it has been denied and all that but i know as a fact he did hold a guy with his forearm down in there. >>reporter: he wept on to coach football for 34 years. last 17 at the university in same, oregon earned reputation

for fast pace maneuver. former players rave about the man and coach. >> he's a genius. genius for the game. obviously l jim harbaugh and 49 remembers using some of his play this year. >> beckman new player are eager to embrace his no excuses attitude. >> we are already and all on board now and we are ready to good and start winning games. >> no question winning is important to coach beckman but also clear his legacy will be much more. >> l all named for somebody in the building put the money up i'm not that guy but i have learned. give back to your college in a lot of ways. i am grateful i have a chance to do this. >> this is 7 news. when we continue here tonight. new energy standard for the charges of chargers of your mobile did he advice at home. >> if tired of riding dirty

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>> good evening once again. now to the fall out from the disturbing video showing u.s. marines desecrating the bodies of taliban fighters. general speaking at the marine memorial club in san francisco condemned the entire thing. >> what those marines did was not meet with the stand arrested of our corp and start talking your knowledge honor commitment that's not what we represent in the video.

>> pentagon is promising a full investigation. it has determined who the marines are and when this reportedly happened. more tonight from martha. >> marine corps has now identified these 4 marines as part of the third battalion second marine from camp lejune, north carolina. they have names of 2 of the marines and are looking for i.d. on the others. these are not just any marines. theory let highly trained scout snipers. the 4 are seen not only urinating on dead bloody insurgent but one heard saying have a great day buddy. u.s. officials today condemned the tape. witht( secretary of defense panetta saying i have seen the footage and i find the behavior depicted in it utterly deplor deplorable. >> any one found to have participated or known about it, having engaged in such conduct, must be held fully accountable. >>reporter: marines could face

charges of bringing discredit to the armed forces and lengthy prison sentences. video also reminiscent twovt,000 4 torture scandal at abu ghraib prison in iraq that cause ld worldwide outrage achlts to the marine corps tapes the taliban called the images shocking but said it will not affect peace talk which were just made public today but going on forever a year. this is abc news, pentagon. >> surprise resignation sacramento tonight. executive director of california's high speed rail authority has quit creating personal reasons. under his leadership the state high speed rail system won approval for the construction of the first segment through the san joaquin valley but the cost of the system tripled to 100 billion dollars and now there is mav to scrap the whole idea. the chairman of the rail authority also stepped down today with minutes after the

other nouns. almost 1 billion dollars i should say. >> popular web site stage blackout to pro tease bill that strikes at the very core of 43 speech. jonathan has more on the brewing debate over sofa. stop on line pirate act. >> if the law were pass the the internet would look like it look like in iran it would be censored. >> the on behind community is taking a stand against the stop on line pirate act or s o p a on january 18 as congress holes hearings about the bill designed to protect copyrighted material. it goes dark for 12 hours. >> day of action where people can really spend that 12 hours normally would spend browsing surfing the site taking action calling the congressmen. e mailing friends. >> martin says s o p a could force them to shut did you know and radically change sit like you tube and google. fear

would it link parroted material host entered a foreign country. content posted by users some 80,000 on line at a time and martin says it's impossible to police. >> it would be impossible to run. >> appears no one has read the bill. s o p a targets foreign web site primarily dedicated to illegal and infringing activit activity. gives court no authority to shut counsel u.s. web said but authorities here disagree. >> bill is very, very badly worded. definition very broad that clearly ep capacity u.s. company app u.s. sites not just foreign sites. >>reporter: designed to protect music artist but mc hammer among those with come out against it on twitter. they said the act would pose serious risk to innovation and job caichlingts hit no inabout nut crafting i it. >> negotiated entirely hyped close doors. tech company not allowed at the table. >>reporter: motion picture and recording industry were biggest backer. both declined our

request for interview. this is 7 news. >> california cell phones apple computer power tool and portable electronic did he vase required to have energy stingy battery chargers beginning next year. california energy commission today approved the fears in the nation efficiency standard. they would end the so-called vampire charging system that waste as much as 60 percent of the electricity they suck from outlet. >> landmark agreement to reduce toxic chemical in every day product we all use sign in the east bay today. deal allows epa and california to share scientific research on hazardous chemical as well as allow them to identify safer alternatives used in consumer product like surgical gloves and flooring of. >> california will create a list of what we are calling chemical of concerns. chemical that we are sending a signal to the marketplace. we want manufacturers to think twice before they use those chemical

in the consumer product. >> california is set to finalize new regulation requiring manufacturer to find safer alternative to 3000 toxic chemical known to harm people and environment. >> as we tip tonight. lateness digital home make over. coming up. cooling room temperature drink in 5 minutes. using i pad to close the garage door. >> astronomer figure out the true color of the milky way galaxy. why that is considered such a very big deal. stay with

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>> fairly substantial hole. passengers left 400,000 dollars in penny nickel dime and quarter at airport last year all of it at security check points. travelers either for got or chose not to pocket the change. new york jfk airport collected most in coins almost 47,000 dollars. but sfo, lax and atlanta were close behind. unclaimed money goes back to tsa. hoping they could use it to offset the baggage fee. >> official. milky way is what it. group of scientist announce success at dechling the exact color today. to be more specific astronomer describe it as quote string

snow at hour after sunrise or before sunset. much like this. astronomer say knowing the color helps them figure out how old the stars are and recently it formed. new stars. interesting. >> spencer always watching the stars. >> yes. >> radar specifically back with the forecast. >> hoping for some of that white to fall in the sierra hasn't happened yet. >> this afternoon in the bay area by way of time lapse. check out this sunset. looking from our east bay hills camera beautiful sky. just clear golden sunset there after sunset this week beautiful and certainly one of them. high pressure tomorrow here in the bay area under sunny skies. mild side mid to upper 60's 69 at livermore 68 concord 68 santa rosa just lovely spring like weather in january. candlestick park saturday 49 ers will beat, take on the new orleans saints 1:30 game time.

sunny. temperatures near 60 degrees. great football weather. go niners. accu-weather 7 day forecast. mild through the weekend then turning sharply cooler. if you more clouds in the sky next week but no rain faul in sight. light chance next thursday in the north bay but not much. dry continues. >> it does indeed. thanks spencer very much. >> go 9 snaers living in the bay area traffic seems to be the most common believable excuse for being late to work. career builder.com asked employers to list most out remaining us tardy excuse they have heard. that was one of them. here are some of the best ones. one employ owe had to take a personal call from the governor. that turned out to be true believe it or not. another employee was late because of job interview with another firm. few other hard to believe excuses like i got distracted watching the today show. good morning america that's believable. of another

said she thought she won the lottery but didn't. what might be the best of all. sorry i'm late. my cat had the hick kuchlt i hate when that haichlts of i was afraid to get out of the car because i was alone with larry in the parking garage. >> there you go. >> my go to line is ran out of maybe lean. can't go on without the make up. if. >> in sports. no excuse for the warrior as they lose a couple of players to injure but could they find a way to tug on superman cape. take down the man they covet dwight howard and orlando magic. i have my n

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7. larry is watching a newly of good games tonight. >> ton of stuff going on. warriors shorthanded. brown hurt. wright with bad knee and fantasy world the warriors trade for dwight howard and championship would follow n.reality howard probably elsewhere. find a way to beat superman. howard and magic only bay area visit of the season. were yours came out flying at the outset. ellis steele steal. push it good. 9 nothing war glors a flash. great ball movement to lee with authority. warriors want dwight howard? that's why. he had 29 points at last check. robinson picks up where he left off tuesday tonight in the upset of miami. stop and pop 4 at the break. magic in the third. anderson former cal bear dialing long distance. magic up one. back and forth they go. ellis with a 3 and warriors early in the fourth quarter are leading 8

87-85. long way to go in that. college hoop in the bay area starting with saint mary with mean street of more rag 0. matthew keeping the fans on their feet. knocking did you know the 3. up 4 early. not didn't. how about this 3 from way out? 15 for the junior first half. 8 at the break. keep it going in the second half. holt. good young player. nice drive. gale by 13 and the aussie keeps open firing. tvl gales leading 72-55 looking to go a perfect 5 and o on the west coast conference. other scores from action tonight. usf beats portland 104 to 70. green led double figure was 19 santa clara loses to san diego 75-62,

26 for john d. cal bears play host to colorado. first time they met in the pack 12. leading the league here in the first year in the conference. colorado first half murray good look at cobb here inside for the pump fake early on. leading the way here inside twisting turning reverses up and in. down 7 at the half. push in the second half here. guiteirez stop and pop. cal within 1. bears lead 47-grave. fired up on the farm. for utah coming in town. great start for stanford. powell throwing down. stanford out to a lead. cut the lead to 3 before this run. owens baby hook. cardinal by 7 at the half. second half john. connecting. head coach fired up but utah. look at johnny.

wouldn't good away. chance to tie. not close. cardinal win it 68-65. now 4 and 1 in pack 12 play. women basketball stanford cruises past utah. if 17-o charge beats colorado. leading the way with 18 points here. atlanta thrashers move to winnipeg. took the jets name renamed the jets hummed about their old team back in time. new team but you know what i mean used to be there. went away. anyhow. logan made all star team today and light the lamp. 1 nothing shark to the third nice effort by murray here. to get it to andrew. brad cashed in on the rebound to make it 2 nothing. stellar 24 saves. shark winxd 2 nothing

first shut out in franchise history. saints coming to town as spencer mentioned. 4 point favorite. first post season game for the niners including head coach harbaugh. he played in the play off as a quarterback but now as coach first time around. harbaugh says he doesn't expect to feel l any big game pressure. >> to me it's the players. where are they at in preparation. their understanding of this game plan. what the morale is. how they feel physically. it's okay. >> harbaugh with the really unshaven play off look. >> that is a new look. >> haven't slept in awhile and not above the toring shave for the immediate yaichlt he's a test. >> good show on saturday. that's this edition of 7 news. coffee and all of us, thanks so much for watching. we appreciate your time and hope